EU Justice Commissioner calls for media code as Muslim cartoons controversy rages
EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said in an interview published Thursday that the EU may draw up a new media code of conduct to forestall any repetition of the global controversy now raging over the...
French court declines to hear Muslim cartoons complaint as leaders urge calm
A French court on Tuesday refused to hear a lawsuit launched to prevent a French newspaper from publishing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have caused protests and violence across the globe. The suit,...
Interpol issues global alert for escaped USS Cole bomber after Yemen prison break
Interpol Sunday issued an urgent global security alert following the escape from a prison in Yemen of 23 individuals, some of them suspected Al Qaeda members. Among the fugitives is Jamal Ahmed Badawi...
Judge refuses to dismiss Albany terror case despite alleged FBI entrapment
Two Muslim men accused of supporting terror will stand trial after a federal judge in New York state ruled Monday that there was enough evidence to pursue the case despite defendants' arguments that they had been entrapped by FBI...
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke says that as the British government's proposed Terrorism Bill proceeds through Parliament we should bear in mind that citizens of democracies expect not only the protection of individual rights, but...
FBI confirms radiation monitoring of Muslim mosques, businesses, homes
An FBI official Friday confirmed a US News and World Report article claiming that since 9/11 the US government has been clandestinely monitoring radiation levels at over 100 Muslim locations in the Washington DC area - including mosques, businesses...
Plan to shut extremist mosques dropped from UK terror law draft
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke said Thursday that he was dropping a contentious provision in proposed new UK anti-terrorism legislation introduced in the wake of the July London bombings that would have permited...
The UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) , in its second bi-monthly human rights report covering the period from September 1 to October 31, on Monday warned of human rights violations in Iraq ...
Jewish groups considering challenge to Ontario ban on faith-based arbitration
B'nai Brith Canada officials said Tuesday that they are considering a constitutional challenge to the Ontario ban on rabbinical courts imposed by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty , arguing that the ban may limit freedom of religion....
A federal judge set a trial date for early next year in the case of two Albany men accused of money laundering and supporting terrorism. Yassin Aref, 35, is imam at the Masjid as-Salam mosque in Albany...
